Motivated by humanitarian action, a group of lighting professionals founded the association Lighting Designers Without Borders association. The chairman is the French lighting designer Roger Narboni from Concepto Agency. The association’s main fields of intervention are three: the response to emergency situations; the participation in rebuilding operations in post emergency situations; the action as part as regional development. The association is opened to every one interested in the matter.

www.concepteurslumieresansfrontieres.org

Established in Tokyo in 1990, Lighting Detectives (Tandeidan) is a non-profit research group dedicated to the study and promotion of lighting culture through the observation and surveying of urban light environments. Since its foundation, on-going fieldworks of urban light environment have been conducted in Japan and beginning from 1999 in other cities around the world through the international branch of the association called the Transnational Lighting Detectives.

www.tanteidan.org

Ecolight is an Italian no-profit organisation founded to manage and solve every kind of ecologic issue related to all lighting components and everything concerning their elimination and recycle. Since now more than 120 lighting companies form part in this institution. Italian law provides that a company can arrange for the disposal of waste material as a single company or in association with other companies. Ecolight is just a voluntary and no-profit organization born to meet this necessity.

www.ecolightitaly.it

CELMA is a Federation representing 16 National Manufacturers Associations for Luminaires and Electrotechnical Components for Luminaires. CELMA Associations are representing some 1200 companies in the Luminaires and Electrotechnical Components for Luminaires industries in 11 European countries. These producers, which include many small and medium-sized companies, directly employ some 100.000 people and generate 8 billion Euro annually.

www.celma.org

The Deutsche Lichttechnische Gesellschaft (LiTG) is a German scientific non-profit organization in the field of light and lighting with 2.500 members and a follow-up organization to the Deutsche Beleuchtungstechnische Gesellschaft founded in 1912. A member of Lux Europe LiTG has technical committees on interior and exterior lighting, daylighting, lighting calculations and lighting practice and offers publications on all aspects of light and lighting.

www.litg.de

The Indian Society of Lighting Engineers (ISLE) is a professional body in the field of illuminating engineering with a broad based membership of scientists, engineers, architects, academicians, researchers, designers and others interested in lighting issues. ISLE is affiliated to the CIE, the International Commission on Illumination. It is also a member of Lux Pacifica, a lighting body that represents 60% of the world's population.

www.isleind.org

The Institution of Lighting Engineers (ILE) is the UK and Ireland's largest and most influential professional lighting association, dedicated solely to excellence in lighting. Founded in 1924 as the Association of Public Lighting Engineers, the ILE has evolved to include lighting designers, architects, consultants and engineers amongst its 2,500 strong membership.

www.ile.org.uk

The Comité Español de Iluminación (Spanish Lighting Committee) is an institution gathering manufacturers, professionals and more in general all the people interested in the field of light. It carries out for its members an intense activity of representation, education and information.

www.ceisp.com

The International Laser Display Association, founded in 1986, is the world's leading organization dedicated to advancing the use of laser displays in the fields of art, entertainment and education. ILDA promotes the use of laser displays in the international marketplace through awards programs, publications, technology standards and a code of ethics.

www.ilda.org

The Professional Lighting and Sound Association is a leading trade body for the industry, representing just under 500 members worldwide. It provides commercial benefits to a business community, whilst improving working practices and advancing levels of safety and training within the entertainment, presentation, installation and communications industries. PLASA also owns the annual PLASA Show in London, and is the publisher of Lighting&Sound International and Lighting&Sound America magazines.

www.plasa.org